Improved shovel and tongs-stand



lNvENToB n. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C4 'I wetted I 5mm @me @um BENOIT ROUX, `OE-CIl\T( lIl\ll\TA,TI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TOM. GREENWOOD &"CO., I OF'SAME PLAGE. f

Letters Pate'nt'N 96,484, dated November 2, 1869.

The Schedule referred tc in these Letters Patent and* making cf the same.'

I, BENoIT ROUX, 0i' Cincinnati, in the county of Hzuoilton, :unl State of Ohio, here invented :L ce1/min Shovel :ind Tongs-Stand, of which the following is u. specification.

This invention relates to :nr improvement in thev v A represents a. custonmry base of' cast-iron, having the usuzil elevated boss` B et its rear puri; pierced by a square aperture, b, for the corresponding colla-r c of' the Stem C, which stem hns projecting from its lowerextremity a. wrought-iron screw, 1), about which the body uf the stein has been cu st-.

A nut-,E, of cast-iron, und having wings e, is employed witht-his screw. l

In use, the greatest strain, and consequently the greatest liability to breakage, occur-at the joint, hetween the busennd-stem.

By the provision of the wrought-iron screw D, the requisite strength is secured in the most simple and convenient manner.

1 clziiln, us my invention- As n new article of 1nanui'octure, the shovelnnd tongs-stand herein described, having its cast buse A415 b, and cest stem C, connected by a wronghtfirou screw, D, cust in the stem, and a nut, Ee e, beneath the base, all :is shown and described, for the purpose Set forth.

In testimony of which invention, .I hereunto set my hand.

XVitnesses: y

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

BENOIT ROUX. 

